First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 155

Zhu Yuanzhang met his nephew Li Wenzhong at the Castle Peak Camp, and they separated not long ago, but Zhu Yuanzhang could clearly feel that Li Wenzhong had a suffocating aura.

How keen is Lao Zhu, he immediately realized what happened... "You killed someone?"

Li Wenzhong grinned, "Thanks to Mr. Zhang, he gave me a lot of opportunities to practice."

"Oh? Come on, let's hear it."

Li Wenzhong talked about Zhang Ximeng sending him to Laoshan Village in Chaohu Lake, and then he mentioned crossing the river to capture Tongling, and he mentioned the siege of Nahachu.

Although Li Wenzhong didn't have the embarrassment to brag, Zhu Yuanzhang could also hear it clearly, "Tell me, how did you think of deceiving the Yuan army, and how did you think of saying that Naha was dead?"

Li Wenzhong scratched his head, "It's just a matter of urgency. I seem to remember a famous battle that was won like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Back then, Qin Fujian commanded the army to conquer the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but when he was above the Feishui River, he chose to retreat, make way for the battlefield, and have a decisive battle with the Beifu soldiers. Not under the command, plus Xianbei, Murong Chui and others have ulterior motives, when the former Qin army retreated, some people falsely rumored that the army was defeated and Fu Jian died in the battle... Then the hundreds of thousands of troops scattered as birds and beasts, and the former Qin dominance was wiped out."

Zhu Yuanzhang paused, "Although Fu Jian was born in the Hu people, he reused Wang Meng, persuaded Nong Sang, made great efforts to educate, and made great efforts to govern. With one heart and one heart, like an arm and a finger, this was the result of the Feishui defeat, a crushing defeat! Today's Yuan Dynasty rivers are declining, and the Mongol, Semu, and Han people in the army are in a mess, and there are some similarities with the former Qin Dynasty. This method of yours can be regarded as the right medicine, but if you encounter a united army and horse, you may not be able to succeed."

Li Wenzhong knew that his uncle was teaching him, and he was also surprised to find that Lao Zhu's level had improved so quickly that he seemed to be reading a lot.

"Uncle, Mr. Zhang taught me that I should be more ruthless in training, better equipped, more attentive, and have more chances of winning... When it comes to the real battlefield, there are only four words to adapt to the situation."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly startled, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay! Mr. Zhang has this insight, it can be seen that his military strategy is also progressing rapidly, let him cross the river, we are making the right move."

Old Zhu asked curiously, "How many soldiers and horses do you have in Jiangnan, and what is the situation? Maybe capture Taiping, Jinling?"

Li Wenzhong cheered up and introduced it to Zhu Yuanzhang carefully.

After initial rectification, the Chaohu Navy Division, the two camps on the left and right, totaled more than 12,000 people, including Zhang Desheng's and Chang Yuchun's troops, nearly 15,000 people. few.

Then he got Chizhou's troops and horses, and Zhang Ximeng was still vigorously recruiting troops at the moment, the troops should soon exceed 20,000.

"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Fenglin have discussed. Although there is a chance for Progressive Taiping to win at this moment, the odds of winning are not high. Whether to take a risk and enter the army, we have to wait for the meaning of my uncle..."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly. In fact, he knew very well that if the fighter was really rare, Zhang Ximeng made his own decision, and no one would miss the opportunity. Since he came to ask for instructions, it means that Zhang Ximeng is not sure about it. If Zhu Yuanzhang really needs him to attack, then Zhang Ximeng will not hesitate to execute the order.

But Lao Zhu smiled faintly, "Accept the Chaohu navy, cross the Yangtze River, capture Tongling, and capture Naha out... Mr. Zhang has already played very well. If we don't show our hands, wouldn't we be a waste! Just in time, you're here. , Uncle will let you open your eyes!"

Li Wenzhong was stunned, uncle is going to do a whole lot of hard work!

Not to mention, Li Wenzhong did guess it.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang is stationed in the Qingshan camp, and the main force of the Yuan army is in Hezhou city... This situation is very confusing, what is going on? Can Lao Zhu be defeated?

Of course not, Zhu Yuanzhang voluntarily gave up Hezhou City and stuffed the Yuan army into it.

As mentioned earlier, the main force of the Yuan army attacked Hezhou. Fortunately, Chang Yuchun showed his bravery and temporarily saved Hezhou. Then Zhu Yuanzhang led troops to come to help, but Lao Zhu soon discovered that there were many Yuan troops on the opposite side. If they were trapped in Hezhou, it would not work at all.

"Uncle will test you, what is the most important thing for the state and the state at the moment?"

Li Wenzhong thought for a moment, then said, "Is it food?"

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The people of Hezhou, as well as our Zhu family army, are all staring at the summer grain. If the harvest can go smoothly, Hezhou will be stable. And the Yuan soldiers attacked Hezhou, maybe they have no intention to **** the grain, at least Destroy summer food."

Li Wenzhong nodded vigorously, "Uncle Yingming, then... let's give up Hezhou? Wouldn't this make Yuan Tartar succeed even more?"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "It depends on what our advantages are... After we obtain Hezhou, we will send troops to suppress bandits, divide the land equally, and form militias. Any village will have our people!"

Li Wenzhong listened silently, but his heart was full of ups and downs, which was quite shocking.

There has been a saying in all dynasties that the imperial power cannot be subordinate to the county. Whether it is true or not, what is the manifestation of power? It's not about how many officials there are, how many troops there are, and whether they can convey information in a timely manner... In fact, for a long time, postal rights have been an important manifestation of national sovereignty.

No matter how remote or closed the environment, as long as the postman can rush there, deliver letters, and exchange information, this is within the reach of national sovereignty, that is, the area actually controlled.

Postal rights, sovereign rights!

Therefore, those postmen who deliver letters in the remote areas of the frontier and stick to it for decades are so remarkable and worthy of everyone's memory.

The territory of a country is not drawn on the map, but how much it actually controls.

In an agricultural society, it is impossible to weave a set of administrative systems in each village, even if it is simply to pass news, and the cost is high enough to collapse the finances...

If you can't collect so much money and invite so many people, how can you talk about imperial power going to the countryside?

When it comes to taxation, expropriation of people's husbands, even relief to disaster victims, and education of people, such things can only be done by gentry, so there is a situation where the emperor and the scholar-officials share the world.

So almost all the time, you can do whatever you want. Political and economic conditions decide, and you can only do that.

The yield per unit in Europe is lower, and the agricultural surplus is smaller. They cannot even weave a complete administrative system, and can only use the enfeoffment system.

Until global colonization and industrialization began, with a huge surplus, it was possible to form a modern civil service system, manage the country, and even introduce various benefits.

Behind all this is to rely on the accumulation of sufficient material wealth. To put it bluntly, it is to plunder other continents and four oceans and satisfy the superior life of a small group of people.

It can be roughly understood that the white Europeans became the gentry landlords, and the people of other continents became the tenant farmers, supporting the white masters with blood and tears.

This world, from the very beginning, is not fair.

For Zhu Jiajun, it took a different path. After implementing the equalization of land, he mobilized the people who got the land to form a militia to protect the fruits of his victory.

Later, Lao Zhu set up a grain chief and gave some farmers the power to organize and mobilize the people.

In this way, Zhu Jiajun finally gained the ability to mobilize the countryside, and the power went to the countryside, to the village!

When dealing with Xue Xue, Zhu Jiajun had already demonstrated the strength of the militia.

This time, Lao Zhu let go of his hands and feet even more.

Due to the scourge of Sun Deya and others in Hezhou, there were not many people in the city. After the land was divided, thousands of people returned to their hometowns to become farmers.

At this time, Hezhou had only more than 10,000 people.

Zhu Yuanzhang reviewed the situation and immediately ordered to evacuate Hezhou in batches and go to the countryside to settle down temporarily.

Later, Lao Zhu also chose to withdraw from Hezhou, leaving an empty city to the Yuan army.

Du Jian Buhua, Stumbled Ma, Chen Yexian and others didn't notice much, because in their impression, as long as they captured the city, they were done.

The red thieves are a bunch of rogues, not worth mentioning.

It is said that this Zhu family army defeated Prime Minister Tuotuo, and I thought they were so powerful, but now that I look at it, it is nothing more than that!

Therefore, they hurriedly marched their troops into Hezhou, and hurriedly reported victory to the Yuan court.

After the defeat of Gaoyou, there is finally some good news.

As soon as the court is happy, it may give them a big reward, and they will fall. Prime Minister, Taishi, we also have a share.

Just when these few people were thinking about the beautiful things, suddenly their subordinates came in hastily with a letter.

This letter was actually written by Zhu Yuanzhang and was left on the desk of the Hezhou Yamen.

Bald Jian took it in his hand, only glanced at it a few times, and immediately raised his brows.

Stumbled on the horse, Chen Yexian couldn't wait to come over, and after looking at it, he was also shocked.

"Hezhou can't get in, can't get out, can't eat, can't vomit, what can I do?"

Signed: Zhu Yuanzhang!

How can it be?

"The red thieves are arrogant! How can you do what you can, send troops immediately to destroy them!" These people shouted loudly, they were so angry that they had deserted the city and fled, what big cloves of garlic are they pretending to be?

"Hit! Hit me hard!"

Just after they dispatched troops, trouble soon came, and it wasn't a small trouble.

When the Yuan army left Hezhou, the situation immediately reached the ears of Zhu Jiajun. How many people there are, which direction they are going, how many cavalry, and whether they have returned to the gun, all the information is clear.

Then Zhu Jiajun immediately confronted each other and launched a siege on the Yuan army.

A few thousand yuan army was simply not enough for the Zhu family to fight.

However, after a large-scale attack, there was no trace of Zhu's army. After a few days of competition, the Yuan army lost almost 10,000 people, but they achieved nothing.

It turns out that the surname Zhu didn't lie!

What should they do?

If it goes on like this, won't the Zhu family's army be exhausted?

They called everyone together at once, and spent the night trying to figure out what to do.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also actively dispatching troops.

He rushed back to Hezhou from Gaoyou, and brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses. This is why Zhu Yuanzhang gave up Hezhou. With more than 10,000 people, he was not sure to defeat the Yuan army ten times larger than himself.

If there is a tug-of-war with the state, it is not the common people who suffer!

Anyway, let's lend Hezhou City to you to live temporarily, and then collect interest when our troops arrive!

In the past few days, Zhu Jiajun from various ministries arrived one after another.

Miao Daheng led 5,000 troops from Sizhou, Chen De and Gu Shi led troops from Haozhou, Geng Zaicheng led troops from Liuhe, Feng Guosheng came from Zhenzhou, and Zhou Dexing came from Dingyuan...

Except for Tang He and Feng Guoyong who guarded Yangzhou, and Zhang Ximeng who crossed the river, Zhu Yuanzhang gathered almost all the forces.

All together, the total number of troops exceeded 50,000!

It doesn't matter, behind the 50,000 Zhu family's army, there are more than 100,000 civilian husbands, Dingyuan, Chuzhou, especially Hezhou. Protect your home.

During this period of time, Zhu Yuanzhang went all out, concentrated his strength, and brewed a decisive battle.

The Yuan army, who was trapped in Hezhou City, had nothing to say, and suffered heavy losses.

Under this situation, a decisive battle gradually formed.

At this time, Ma Shi also had a big belly and went to the front of the army.

According to the time, in one or two months, the child will be born.

"Sister, you just cultivate yourself, what are you doing here?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face, "Are you still worried?"

Ma Shi supported his waist with one hand, sat down slowly, with a smile on his face, "There's no need to worry! My husband is a great hero, and it's no problem to deal with Yuan Tartar. It's just that as a husband and wife, I I can't wait behind, it's my fault, if you blame it, I don't want to change it anyway."

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, how could he not know his wife's intentions?

Again, UU reading www. There is nothing foolproof about uukanshu.com, especially on the battlefield. Even if he concentrates all his strength, there are only more than 50,000 people, and the militia cannot be officially counted in the army.

On the opposite side of him, there is still an army of more than 90,000 yuan, and there is the Yangtze River Navy behind him.

It's really hard to say who has the advantage!

That is, at this juncture, Li Wenzhong came and sent the news of Jiangnan, and Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally elated. Ma also came to see Li Wenzhong, dragged his nephew, and talked a lot.

"You kid is getting more and more promising, Mr. Zhang is really talented!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Sister, you don't have to worry. When our son is born, let Mr. Zhang work harder. Let's fight him and let Mr. Zhang teach him how to manage the country. This child is guaranteed to be successful... Hahaha!"

Lao Zhu laughed loudly, and Ma's face turned slightly red, "There are still juniors, how can you get carried away? You still think about it, how can we eliminate the army of 100,000 yuan!"